Arthur C. Durband. Durband
My Interests and Current Projects
My main research interests involve the evolution and systematics of hominids during the Pleistocene and early Holocene, and the origins of modern humans. My current work has been focused primarily on the Chinese and Southeast Asian specimens of Homo erectus, and the origins of the Australians. I have participated in fieldwork in the Rancah district of West Java, Indonesia, and I have studied fossil collections in Germany, Indonesia, the Netherlands, and Australia.
Publications
Durband, AC (nd) Mandibular fossa morphology in the Ngandong and Sambungmacan fossil hominids. Accepted for publication in The Anatomical Record.
Durband, AC (nd) Artificial cranial deformation in Pleistocene Australians: the Coobool Creek sample. Accepted for publication in Journal of Human Evolution. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.10.013
Durband, AC (nd) The enigma of the Sangiran 4 palate revisited. Accepted for
publication in HOMO.
Durband, AC (2007) The View from Down Under: A Test of the Multiregional Hypothesis of Modern Human Origins using the Basicranial Evidence from Australasia. Collegium Antropologicum 31(3): 651-659.
Durband, AC (2007) Craniometric variation within the Pleistocene of Java: the
Ngawi 1 cranium. Human Evolution 21(3/4): 193-201.
Durband AC, Kidder JH, and Jantz R (2005) A multivariate examination of the Hexian calvaria. Anthropological Science 113(2): 147-154.
Kramer A, Djubiantono T, Aziz F, Bogard JS, Weeks RA, Weinand DC, Hames WE, Elam JM, Durband AC, and Agus (2005) The first hominid fossil recovered from West Java, Indonesia. Journal of Human Evolution 48: 661-667.
Kidder, JH and Durband, AC (2004) A re-evaluation of the metric diversity within Homo erectus. Journal of Human Evolution 46: 297-313.
Durband, AC (2002) The Squamotympanic Fissure in the Ngandong and Sambungmacan Hominids: A Reply to Delson et al. The Anatomical Record 266: 138-141.
Kramer A, Weinand DC, Djubiantono T, Aziz F, Hames WE, Elam JM, Bogard JS, Weeks RA, Sumarinda I, Agus, and Durband AC (2001) Multidisciplinary palaeoanthropological excavations in the Rancah district of West Java: Report from the 1999 field season. Geological Research Development Centre Special Publication No. 27: 67-79.
Invited Presentations
Durband, AC (2005) A test of the multiregional hypothesis of modern human origins using basicranial evidence from Indonesia and Australia. Presented as part of the 2005 seminar series of the Centre for Archaeological Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, July 15.
Durband, AC (2004) A test of the multiregional hypothesis of modern human origins using the basicranial evidence from Southeast Asia and Australia. Presented at the 73rd annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Tampa, Florida, April 16.
Kramer A, Djubiantono T, Aziz F, Bogard JS, Weeks RA, Hames WE, Elam JM, Weinand DC, Durband AC, Agus (2004) Taxonomic affinities and geochronological age of RH1, the first fossil hominid from West Java, Indonesia. Presented at the 73rd annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Tampa, Florida, April 16.
Durband, AC (2002) The View from Down Under: A Test of the Multiregional Hypothesis of Modern Human Origins using the Basicranial Evidence from Australasia. Presented at the 17th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Taipei, Taiwan, September 10.
Kramer A, Elam JM, Durband AC, Weinand DC, Djubiantono T, Aziz F, Weeks RA, Bogard JS, and Hames WE (2002) Radiometric Ages of Faunal and Hominid-Bearing Sites in West Java: Preliminary Results from the 1999 Field Season. Presented at the 17th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Taipei, Taiwan, September 10.
Kramer A, Elam JM, Durband AC, Weinand DC, Djubiantono T, Aziz F, and Hames WE (2000) Multidisciplinary Paleoanthropological Excavations in West Java: Report from the 1999 Field Season. Presented at the conference: Towards Ahead: The Geological Museum in a Changing World, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, August 23.
Weinand DC, Elam JM, Durband AC, Kramer A, Djubiantono T, Aziz F, Hames WE, Weeks R, and Bogard J (2000) Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Dating of fossil bovid teeth from Rancah, West Java. Presented at the conference: Towards Ahead: The Geological Museum in a Changing World, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, August 23.
Professional Papers Given
Durband AC, Rayner DRT & Westaway M (2006) The sex of the Lake Mungo 3 skeleton. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 42 (Suppl.): 85-86.
Westaway, M & Durband, AC (2006) WLH 50 and variation amongst early Australian populations: implications for modern human origins. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 42 (Suppl.): 186.
Rayner DRT, Durband AC & Westaway M (2006) A reassessment of the “gracile” vs “robust” dichotomy in the Pleistocene of Australia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 42 (Suppl.): 152.
Rayner DRT, Durband AC & Westaway M (2006) A reassessment of the “gracile” vs “robust” dichotomy in the Pleistocene of Australia. HOMO 57: 237.
Durband, AC (2005) Basicranial morphology of Pleistocene Australians: implications for modern human origins. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 40 (Suppl.): 101.
Kidder, JH & Durband, AC (2004) A tale of two morphs? A craniometric analysis of the Near Eastern Hominids. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 38 (Suppl.): 124-125.
Durband, AC (2003) A re-examination of purported “Meganthropus” cranial fragments. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 36 (Suppl.): 91.
Kidder, JH & Durband, AC (2003) The Dali cranium in the context of human evolution in China. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 36 (Suppl.): 128.
Durband AC, Kidder JH & Jantz R (2002) A multivariate analysis of the Hexian Homo erectus calvarium. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 34 (Suppl.): 66.
Durband, AC & Kidder, JH (2000) The question of speciation in Homo erectus revisited II: the non-metric evidence. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 30 (Suppl.): 144.
Kidder, JH & Durband, AC (2000) The question of speciation in Homo erectus revisited I: the metric evidence. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 30 (Suppl.): 195.
Durband, AC (1998) The Cranial Base of the Ngandong Hominids: Implications for Modern Human Origins. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 26 (Suppl.): 79.